Using a zip-bag to make bread | Kitchen Lab 4 Kids

Bread in a bag. Using a zip-bag to make bread

Type of resource: video, guidelines

Web address https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/bread-in-a-bag-https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a54346/bread-in-a-bag/recipe/

Language: English

Description

Make baking bread in a bag ussing a zip-to-bag to help squish and knead

Scientific concept introduced

Bread, rise, yeast, squish, knead, measure

Creative and critical thinking

To analyze information and draw reasonable conclusions from a set of information

Mathematical reasoning

Measure, follow instructions (recipe)

Scientific thinking

Asking questions

Observe and discover

Draw conclusions

Conducting research observing

Predicting

Testing

Learning how to learn

Motivation to learn and engage

Self-regulated learning

Additional

Basic literacy

Hand-eye coordination

Following safety rules

Large and fine motor skills

Bread in a bag. Using a zip-bag to make bread

Overall aims

To strengthen the research attitude of children.

To improve their ability of understanding measurements (cups, teaspoons… If we were to do this in a place with metric system we should adapt the measurements so children can learn about their metric system).

To create the learning opportunity for explaining the concepts of yeast, rising, cooking (Millard’s Reaction: sugars of the food get brown when cooked).

To improve their ability of following instructions and indications.

To improve their active listening.

Vocabulary – keywords should be understood

Bread, baking, yeast, flour, salt, zip-lock, olive, measurements (depending where, cups, teaspoons, spoon…)

Expected learning outcomes (operational aims)

To be able to follow the instructions/steps of a recipe

To measure the ingredients

To be able to work the dough

To make bread

STEM skills – to which the learning unit is related to

CORE STEM

Asking questions

Mathematical thinking – precision and logic in managing quantitative data (measuring, classifying)

Conducting research – predicting, testing, hypothesis, observing, experimenting

Drawing conclusions based on results

Motivation to learn and engage

Self-discipline and self-regulated learning (cognitive autonomy)

Building the feeling of self-efficacy learning

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Basic literacy – reading, listening with comprehension (recipe)

Large and fine motor skills (squish and knead)

Hand-eye coordination

Following the safety rules and discipline

Teaching methodologies/activity outline

1 – Introduce the activity explaining they are going to make bread.

2 – Ask questions such as:
– What do you know about bread?
– What would you like to learn about bread?
– What ingredients are in bread and how do you make it?
– What do you think makes the bread rise?
– How does yeast work in bread?

3 – Use natural products for cooking (e.g.: going to the market and buy the flour of the bread maker.)

4 – Show them/explain them the recipe and the steps of it.
When cooking, specially making pastries or bread, it is very important to follow the steps and follow the instructions. Bread is a very sensitive dough, and if we do not respect the times the dough needs to sit, it will go wrong.

– Before you start, open up your zip-lock bag and place it in a large bowl.
– Scoop 1 cup flour into a large zip-lock bag, with 3 tablespoons sugar, 1.25 oz packet of rapid rise yeast and 1 cup of warm water.
– Let the air out of the bag, then seal the bag closed and mix from the outside of the bag with your hands. Let the mixture sit for 10-15 minutes.
– Now open the bag and add 1 cup of flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt and 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Seal the bag, and mix again.
– Add 1 more cup of flour, seal and mix again.
– Remove the dough and knead for 10 minutes on a piece of floured parchment paper to prevent the dough sticking to the surface.
– Cover with a warm damp hand towel for 30 minutes.
– Place in a greased pan and bake for 25 minutes at 375Cº degrees.

5 – Drawing of the moment the bread was rising, and what happened after it went into the oven.

Assessment of learning

Initial evaluation
Get to know the previous knowledge they could know about the same theme.

Continued evaluation
Progressively acquire basic habits of autonomy in everyday actions, to act safely and effectively.

Think, create, elaborate explanations and start the basic mathematical skills.

Observe and explore the immediate, natural and physical environment, with an attitude of curiosity and respect and gradually participate in social and cultural activities.

Participate in the game, through movement, assimilating sensations related to space and to the time and with a progressive understanding of the necessity of some norms.

Use the oral language, gesture and images to express ideas, desires, feelings and emotions;

Listen and participate actively in regular situations. Conversation and learning with the use of non-discriminatory language, and with attitude of respect towards other cultures and different languages.

Manifesting the necessary abilities to be able to listen, observe, interpret and create in the different languages: verbal, body, plastic, musical, and mathematical audio-visual, and incorporate the introduction to technological instruments (ICT).

Final evaluation
To evaluate the learning objectives, use the previous operational aims.

Equipment and materials to be used in learning unit (tools, ingredients etc)

For the recipe:
– 3 cups plain flour, divided
– 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
– 1 .25oz Packet rapid rise yeast
– 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
– 1 cup warm water
– 3 tablespoons olive oil

Oven